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2025-09-23
20:26 min
Sustainability & Circular Economy
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Chemical recycling
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PET materials
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Interview
Eastman - Accelerating Circularity: Unlocking the Full Potential of Recycled PET with Chemical Recycling
Through advanced recycling technologies, Eastman offers high-quality recycled PET ...
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2025-08-26
13:56 min
THREE:25
Face to face with Dr. Kai Acker
50 years of PET in Hamburg – A look at the present and future
Developments, challenges and prospects for PET technology in Hamburg - When ...
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2025-07-01
12:17 min
PET injection moulding systems
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Preform developments
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Preform moulds
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PET Preform Challenges
What’s next for PET preforms? - A discussion on sustainability, technology and market evolution
“What‘s next for PET Preforms?” - A burning question we discussed at the PETnology ...
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2025-03-31
14:20 min
ONE:25
Interview
The Walk of Precision - Meeting with Otto Hofstetter, Owner and CEO of Otto Hofstetter AG
The Walk of Precision: 70 years of Otto Hofstetter AG. Otto Appel met Otto ...
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2024-03-26
12:29 min
Sorting and collection
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ONE:24
SORTING
REMONDIS Recycling - First Pass Yield
Meeting at RE Plano and interview with Ralf Mandelatz and Dr. Harald Lehmann
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2023-10-01
5:56 min
Complete PET recycling plants
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Plastic recycling systems
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Recycling processes
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Recycling
High-Tech with the letter R: Recycling Learning by doing. Showing that it works.
Meeting with Paul Niedl Starlinger recycling technology Markus Fellinger Starlinger ...
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2023-10-01
9:33 min
Applications & Operations
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PET injection moulding systems
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PET preforms
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Preform Production
RAWOPLAST and Otto Systems – The going is good / About trusting a start-up and the benefits of a true partnership
connecting comPETence - issue THREE:23 - Entrepreneurship - especially in the ...
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2023-07-06
15:51 min
Sustainability & Circular Economy
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Plastic recycling systems
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PET recycling systems
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PET RECYCLING
EREMA: PET Recycling - More than just Mechanical Engineering
Shortly before the big ceremony to mark 40 years of EREMA, which was celebrated with ...
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2023-03-28
15:40 min
Caps & Closures
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Injection moulding systems
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ONE:23
THE ALL-ELECTRIC PAC-E
Sumitomo (SHI) Demag's all-electric PAC-E: quick injection, quick to market
Sumitomo (SHI) Demag’s focus on machinery and technology in turbulent times - ...
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2022-08-23
10:70 min
PET injection moulding systems
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THREE:22
PET injection system
PET-Series from Otto Systems: A new PET system at drinktec
As is well known, big trade fairs cast their shadows ahead. In this shadow, Otto ...
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2022-05-25
6:34 min
Recycling processes
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Packaging & Application
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TWO:22
Packaging To Packaging
rPET only from bottles? - Learning by doing. Showing that it works.
A meeting with Markus Neudorfer PET Manufacturing GmbH Kenneth Boldog Boldog ...
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2021-11-01
4:80 min
THREE:21
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Preform moulding
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Preform Business
NETSTAL: PET Preform Business: Strategy • Technology • Trust
It’s back! The NETSTAL sign is again decorating the building at the headquarters in ...
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2021-11-01
6:40 min
THREE:21
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Sustainability & Circular Economy
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PET flake production
Petainer launch Petainer IR Flake, a new rPET source
Interview by Dr Otto Appel with Dr Michael Joyes, Program Manager at Petainer.
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2021-11-01
5:32 min
THREE:21
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Recycling & Compounding
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Sorting solutions
Reconciling sustainability and profitability - MEETING with Michael Perl, Sesotec GmbH
In the context of recycling and the circular economy, one of the essential ...
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2021-06-23
8:30 min
TWO:21
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Blow Moulding & Coating
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Bottle development and design
Paper Bottle
The Paper Bottle à la Paboco and Coca-Cola - A Prototype in Progress
Market requirements drive technology. This also applies to packaging and especially ...
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2021-06-23
0:40 min
Sustainability & Circular Economy
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Recycling & Compounding
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Sorting and collection
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In Dialog
Enzymatic Recycling
Digital Interview - Prof. Dr.-Ing. Otto Appel talks to Martin Stephan, Deputy CEO, ...
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2021-06-23
0:20 min
TWO:21
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Recycling & Compounding
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Sorting and collection
Sorting
Quality Without Compromise - With sorting and processing technologies towards a Circular Economy
After long months of home office, our first trip takes us to Mülheim-Kärlich near ...
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2021-02-25
7:10 min
Applications & Operations
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Strategies & Market Analysis
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Preform moulding
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Logoplaste & The Converter Business
Creating a positive impact - When you play both sides of the field, your perspective widens
"We all want our customers to be happy while at the same time creating a positive ...
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2020-07-17
3:58 min
PET injection moulding systems
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Preform moulds
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THREE:20
PREFORM MOULDING
Availability and Compatibility - Meeting with Stefan Zatti, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer, Member of the Executive Board and Markus Feldmann, Area Sales Manager PET Otto Hofstetter AG, Uznach, Switzerland
Of course, it was about the pandemic and its scope when we met Stefan Zatti and ...
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2020-07-17
12:20 min
TWO:20
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Sustainability & Circular Economy
Sustainability
Sustainability in Times of Corona
With the corona pandemic, we are in a global crisis of unprecedented magnitude. What ...
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2019-09-17
8:29 min
Sustainability & Circular Economy
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Compression moulding - preforms
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THREE:19
From washed flakes to food-grade preforms in a single thermal cycle – Circular Economy Becoming Tangible
SIPA-EREMA-Co-Development XTREME Renew converts post-consumer PET bottle scrap into preforms
The first process step (Vacurema by EREMA) converts conventional washed PET bottle ...
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2019-06-13
9:51 min
Caps & Closure Technology
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Digital printing
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TWO:19
IMD
Digital Printing of Caps Leads to New Production and Filling Processes
Printing has always intrigued humans — both the printed medium and the technology ...
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2019-06-13
4:34 min
Caps & Closures
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TWO:19
A talk during a factory walk
Cap Development Process to Meet Customer Expectations
We want to know from Bruno Königseder and Augustin De Tilly from Aptar, what lies ...
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2019-06-13
2:25 min
TWO:19
Sacmi
Digital Decoration Solutions in Closure Manufacturing
2019-02-26
4:53 min
ONE:19
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Recycling & Compounding
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Sustainability & Circular Economy
Recycling challenges and strategies
You can’t do this job alone
Pellets are the initial ingredients for a new product – or how the circular economy ...
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2019-02-26
4:53 min
ONE:19
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Recycling & Compounding
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Sustainability & Circular Economy
Recycling challenges and strategies
You can’t do this job alone
Pellets are the initial ingredients for a new product – or how the circular economy ...
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2019-02-26
12:53 min
ONE:19
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Blow Moulding & Coating
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Two step blow moulding systems
Stretch blow moulding
High Speed – High Tech – High Value
Developing individual machines while thinking in terms of systems. Dr. Otto Appel ...
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2019-02-26
12:53 min
ONE:19
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Blow Moulding & Coating
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Two step blow moulding systems
Stretch blow moulding
High Speed – High Tech – High Value
Developing individual machines while thinking in terms of systems. Dr. Otto Appel ...
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2018-10-18
6:10 min
THREE:18
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Auxiliaries
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It’s Cold as Ice … - Keeping moulds and cavities clean is a major concern for plastic product manufactures in maintaining today’s high quality standards and ensuring maximum productivity
We, Peter Fahnenbruch and Otto Appel, spoke with Dietmar Juchmes and Steffen Kalisch ...
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2018-10-18
8:31 min
THREE:18
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Markets and Management
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Challenges Facing the PET Container Industry - Production is out-pacing our ability to manage the plastic waste
The plastics industry has been instrumental in reducing expenses associated with ...
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2018-10-18
8:50 min
Non-Food
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Sustainability & Circular Economy
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The Definition of PCR - “Favouring inefficient production methods?“
An interview by Barbara and Otto Appel with Reinhard Schneider, CEO of Werner & ...
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2018-06-05
4:49 min
TWO:18
Improving Recycling Efforts by Engaging Everyone in the Value Chain
On the issue of environmentally-responsible packaging and sustainability efforts, ...
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2018-06-05
8:26 min
TWO:18
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Blow Moulding & Coating
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Two step blow moulding systems
Extrusion blow moulding machine manufacturer BBM discovers stretch blow moulding process for itself and its clients
After 20 years in business, manufacturing company BBM, a supplier to extrusion blow ...
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2018-06-05
14:41 min
TWO:18
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Blow Moulding & Coating
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Preform feeding system
“The market is driving us towards success“
We were delighted to accept an invitation to interview Marco Tanner and Matthias ...
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2018-02-21
5:17 min
ONE:18
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Preform moulding
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Dryers and dehumidifyers
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“Flexibility is needed from suppliers”
Meeting at Piovan with Peter Dal Bo, Group CCO and Sara Masiero, Corporate ...
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2018-02-21
7:31 min
ONE:18
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Preform moulding
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Preform moulds
“We are the right partner for standard and customized design“
MHT was founded in 1996 and has enjoyed global success for more than 20 years. We ...
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2018-02-21
12:25 min
ONE:18
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Sustainability & Circular Economy
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Global themes
Interview with Virginie Helias, VP of Global Sustainability at P&G
The Emotional Appeal Of Going Green
“I don’t want my legacy to be packaging in a landfill.” Interview with Virginie ...
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2017-08-23
8:14 min
ONE:15
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Recycling & Compounding
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PET recycling systems
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“Better and higher-performance technology is our driving force”
Manfred Hackl, CEO, EREMA about Recycling – Technology, Markets, People
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2017-08-22
14:52 min
TWO:15
Under different flags – technology always close to the wind
When talking about 40 years of the Hamburg company Corpoplast, the question ...
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2017-08-21
18:20 min
THREE:17
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Management
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Markets and Management
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Start-up: Preform systems à la carte
Act quickly and the world’s your oyster...
There is a new name in preform systems: Otto Systems. Otto Systems was founded in ...
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2017-08-21
12:13 min
THREE:17
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Management
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"Cross-industry innovation was the key to our success"
KHS in the volatile environment of globalisation, digitalisation, market development and competition
An interview with Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Niemeyer, Managing Director of KHS GmbH
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2017-08-21
10:20 min
THREE:17
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Management
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We bring the most added value from China to Europe
Tech-Long Europe GmbH has been headquartered in the heart of Grinzing - a beautiful ...
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2017-08-21
8:43 min
THREE:17
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Markets and Management
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“As a father of six, there’s not much that can faze me...“
Renzo Davatz is the heart of Netstal. He knows the service department like the back ...
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2017-07-31
5:59 min
ONE:16
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Markets and Management
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From humble beginnings to international success
60 years of ALPLA – The development of a technology-oriented family business from ...
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2017-07-28
12:11 min
TWO:16
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Markets and Management
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Interview with Christoph Klenk
Krones is a team event
Presidents, politicians, and the Pope are not the only ones who are measured on ...
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2017-07-28
8:28 min
TWO:16
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Markets and Management
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Gropper focuses on fresh products
The challenge: translating complexity into productivity
The Gropper dairy company, with its headquarters in the German town of Bissingen, is ...
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2017-07-28
8:90 min
TWO:16
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Markets and Management
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Target - Integrated supply chain
We spoke with Dr. Stefan Seiss, Managing Director Supply Chain, Coca-Cola ...
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2017-07-27
6:13 min
TWO:17
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Preform moulding
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Caps & Closure Technology
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Interview with Robert Schad, ATHENA AUTOMATION
NIIGON - For the Future
At Athena, based in the Canadian city of Vaughan, we have found a new facility built ...
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2017-07-27
6:10 min
TWO:17
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Markets and Management
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“Today I can say that the secret of my success has been to hire smart people and to get out of their way.“
An interview with Dr Tom Brady, Chairman and Founder of Plastic Technologies, Inc. ...
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2017-07-27
2:41 min
TWO:17
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Preform moulding
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Caps & Closure Technology
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Anticipating customer needs
A tour of the HUSKY AdvancedManufacturing Center (AMC) with Joachim Niewels, ...
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2017-07-27
10:53 min
TWO:17
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Caps & Closure Technology
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Preform moulding
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Interview with John Galt, HUSKY INJECTION MOLDING SYSTEMS
A curse or a blessing to be a market leader?
2017-07-27
5:21 min
ONE:17
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Materials, Processing & Handling
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Additives
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Reducing downtime by using purging compound
To purge or not to purge, that is the question
When it comes to packaging for food, pharmaceuticals, and personal and home care ...
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2017-07-27
7:80 min
ONE:17
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Blow Moulding & Coating
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In Dialogue
The challenges in packaging: downtime & flexibility
The comPETence interview with Benno Sauer, Alexander Umlauf-Sauer, SAUER
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2017-07-27
11:29 min
ONE:17
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Blow Moulding & Coating
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The one step market
We know and trust our expertise
An interview with Marcel Schröder, Managing Director, and Guido Eijsermans, Key ...
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2017-07-27
11:39 min
Extrusion lines
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ONE:17
Meeting challenges in the film packaging market head-on
Our high degree of vertical integration is the heartbeat of our company
Thanks to its versatile applications in a diverse range of industries, plastic film ...
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2017-07-22
12:13 min
THREE:16
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Blow Moulding & Coating
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India
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Go to India
At the most recent Chinaplas, I met Mr Kota Aoki, CEO of Nissei ASB, and we spoke ...
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2017-07-20
5:50 min
THREE:16
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Preform moulding
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Blow Moulding & Coating
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heroPET4.0 - The Beginning of a Revolution in the Beverage and Filling Industry?
Meeting with Sacmi Pietro Cassani, General Manager Vezio Bernardi, General Manager, ...
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2017-07-20
12:35 min
THREE:16
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Applications & Operations
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Beverages
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Water is Life
An interview with German Reichert, CEO of HANSA-HEEMANN AG, on the challenges of the ...
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